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verb definition
verb (vʉrb)
noun
any of a class of words expressing action, existence, or occurrence, or used as an auxiliary or copula, and usually constituting the main element of a predicate (Ex.: give, build, run, be, happen, do, have, would, seem)
Etymology: ME verbe < OFr < L verbum, word (used as transl. of Gr rhēma, verb, orig., word)
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